{"id":3189,"date":"2022-01-20T08:51:29","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T16:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/?p=3189"},"modified":"2022-01-21T23:23:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T07:23:55","slug":"free-adult-education-offered-at-new-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/2022\/01\/20\/free-adult-education-offered-at-new-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Adult Education Offered at New Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Dina Gentry]<\/span><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The El Dorado County Office of Education (EDCOE) is excited to announce that a new Adult Learning Center has been created in the town of El Dorado on the same property as the Northern California Construction Training (NCCT) site near Poor Red\u2019s. The center offers a variety of free instruction to the entire community to help build skills and meet personal goals. Dr. Ed Manansala, El Dorado County Superintendent of Schools, noted, \u201cThis comprehensive center will empower those who wish to continue their education and help build a stronger workforce in our community. Thank you to all who made this possible.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The varied courses are taken at the student\u2019s own pace and enable students to:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improve basic skills in reading, writing, and math<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prepare to take the GED or HiSET (in English or in Spanish)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Work towards a high school diploma<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assess individual aptitudes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explore career options and planning<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prepare for Northern California Construction Training (NCCT)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plan for college, including financial aid (FAFSA)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Develop 21st century workforce skills<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Develop digital literacy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improve keyboarding skills<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Develop financial literacy<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new program to help individuals enhance their English-speaking skills began in January called the English as a Second Language (ESL) program. Students who speak any language can take this free, structured 18 week class two nights per week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to educational courses, the campus hosts the nonprofit Future Fire Academy which offers basic fire fighter training for employment with fire departments, the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service. It is an eight-week course that includes classroom and physical training. Students receive paid training on fuel suppression and fire clean up.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NCCT offers construction and agricultural training that is open and free to the community. The El Dorado Probation Department, NCCT and EDCOE partnered to provide this training that leads to well-paying jobs often immediately after training is complete.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here is the link to the website:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/futurefireacademy.org\/about\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">https:\/\/futurefireacademy.org\/about\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Future Fire Academy which offers basic fire fighter training &#8230; Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service. Students receive paid training on fuel suppression and fire clean up.\u00a0\u00a0&#8230; construction and agricultural training that is open and free to the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Adult-Ed-1-20-22.jpg",1200,901,false],"thumbnail":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Adult-Ed-1-20-22-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Adult-Ed-1-20-22-600x451.jpg",600,451,true],"medium_large":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Adult-Ed-1-20-22-768x577.jpg",640,481,true],"large":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Adult-Ed-1-20-22.jpg",640,481,false],"1536x1536":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Adult-Ed-1-20-22.jpg",1200,901,false],"2048x2048":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Adult-Ed-1-20-22.jpg",1200,901,false],"darknews-slider-full":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Adult-Ed-1-20-22-1200x720.jpg",1200,720,true],"darknews-featured":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Adult-Ed-1-20-22-1024x769.jpg",1024,769,true],"darknews-medium":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Adult-Ed-1-20-22-720x530.jpg",720,530,true],"darknews-medium-square":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Adult-Ed-1-20-22-350x350.jpg",350,350,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"News MoLo","author_link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/author\/admin\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/News\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":"3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3189"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3189"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3208,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3189\/revisions\/3208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}